Haarlow, a Pinehurst native, earned National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-America honors three times in his four seasons with the Quakers’ golf team. The 1991 Guilford College graduate honed his skills at the Pinehurst and Pine Needles resorts before bringing his talents to the Greensboro school.
The school’s first three-time golf All-American, he helped coach Jack Jensen’s Quakers to three top-six NAIA National Tournament finishes, including the 1989 national championship.
Haarlow played in a school-record four national tournaments and compiled the 10th-best average in school history (76.26). He won two college tournaments, including the 1990 NAIA District 26 Championship. Haarlow received Guilford’s prestigious English Athletic Leadership and Best Male Senior Athlete Awards before graduating with a sports management degree.
He played professional golf for six seasons and qualified for the 1994 U.S. Open. The Greensboro resident is the head instructor of Robert Linville’s Precision Golf School and the vice president and co-founder of the Triad Youth Golf Foundation. Haarlow has helped raise $140,000 in grants and other funds for the organization, which provides golf instruction and programming for juniors at minimal cost.
Haarlow was joined by Don Lineberry of Greensboro, Johnny Moore of Durham, Steve Musulin of Charlottesville, Va., Stan Smith of Kernersville and Cintonya Allison Somerville of Germantown as this year’s inductees.
The group was honored at halftime of Guilford’s men’s basketball game with Lynchburg and formally inducted during a banquet held in Guilford’s Sternberger Auditorium after the game.
This year’s class raises Guilford’s Athletics Hall of Fame membership to 187. Past inductees include NBA stars M.L. Carr and World B. Free, major-league baseball players Ernie Shore, Rick Ferrell and Tom Zachary and professional golfer Lee Porter.
